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  1. 2006-07-09 July 9-10, 2006: Potential 2008 Presidential Candidate Lists Federal Programs, Agencies He Would Eliminate, Including Social Security, Federal Reserve
  2. 2006-09-29 September 29, 2006: Senior Defense Officials Allegedly Request Al-Qaeda Detainee Convictions before 2008 US Election
  3. 2007-01-24 January 24, 2007: Conservative Radio Host Limbaugh: Obama, Actress ‘Halfrican Americans’
  4. 2007-04-12 April 12, 2007: Department of Justice Turns up ‘Scant Evidence of Voter Fraud’ in Five Years
  5. 2007-08-01 August 1, 2007: Candidate Obama Expresses Willingness to Attack Militants in Pakistan without Pakistani Government Approval
  6. 2007-08-21 August 21-24, 2007: Rock Musician Invites Obama, Clinton to ‘Suck on My Machine Gun’; Fox Host Refuses to Criticize Comments
  7. 2007-12-16 December 16, 2007: ’Tea Party’ Fundraiser for Paul Later Considered Important Event Leading to Formation of ‘Tea Party’ Movement
  8. 2008-01-10 January 10, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Accuses Obama of Being Educated in Radical Islamic Madrassas
  9. 2008-01-10 January 10-16, 2008: Citizens United Releases ‘Documentary’ Attacking Democratic Presidential Candidate, FEC Restricts Broadcast
  10. 2008-01-12 January 12-15, 2008: Ron Paul Supporters Say Exposure of Racist Newsletter Content Is Result of Conspiracy between Magazine, Rival Libertarian Institute
  11. 2008-01-22 January 22-24, 2008: Reporters Prove Obama Never Attended Muslim School
  12. 2008-02-01 February 1, 2008: Conservative Radio Host: Democratic Presidential Primary ‘First Affirmative-Action Election in American History’
  13. 2008-02-18 February 18, 2008: MSNBC Features Anti-Clinton Organization Founder as Guest; Watchdog Organization Says Appearance Part of Larger Pattern of Misogyny against Clinton on Network
  14. 2008-02-21 February 21, 2008: Conservative Radio Host: Americans Should Know Whether Obama a ‘Friendly Muslim’ or a ‘Radical’ Muslim
  15. 2008-02-25 February 25, 2008: Radio Hosts Use Pic of Obama in Kenyan Dress to Level Accusations of Terrorist Sympathies
  16. 2008-03-04 March 4, 2008: Far-Right Texas Secessionist Wins 18 Percent of Republican Primary Vote in Senate Race
  17. 2008-03-13 March 13, 2008: Conservative Radio Host: Obama Sympathetic to Nazis, Imperial Japan
  18. 2008-03-21 March 21, 2008: McCain’s Passport Files Also Breached
  19. 2008-03-21 March 21, 2008: Clinton’s Passport File Breached; Rice Promises Investigation
  20. 2008-03-28 March 28, 2008: Naval Lawyer Charges Bush Administration Using Guantanamo Prosecutions to Influence Presidential Election
  21. 2008-04-03 April 3, 2008: Conservative Radio Host: Obama is a Muslim Educated in Radical Islamist Madrassah
  22. 2008-04-05 April 5, 2008: Commentator Complains Media Ignores Torture Memo, Says It Lies about Iraq to Focus on Obama’s Bowling, Patriotism
  23. 2008-04-28 April 28, 2008: Supreme Court Upholds Indiana Voter ID Law
  24. 2008-04-28 April 28, 2008: Presidential Candidates Clinton and Obama Come Out against Pentagon Propaganda Operation; Candidate McCain Silent
  25. 2008-05-02 May 2, 2008: Fox News Claims Photo ID Would Have Prevented Voter Registration Fraud, Misquotes Official
  26. 2008-05-15 May 15-16, 2008: Bush Accuses Obama, Democrats of Favoring ‘Appeasement’ of Terrorists While Speaking to Israeli Knesset, Fierce Criticism Ensues
  27. 2008-05-19 May 19, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Accuses Obama of Behaving Like a ‘Thug’
  28. 2008-06-02 June 2, 2008: Limbaugh: Democrats Chose Obama for Presidential Candidate Only Because ‘He’s Black’
  29. 2008-06-04 June 4-5, 2008: Conservative Media Hosts Falsely Accuse Obama of Changing Stance on Iranian Revolutionary Guards as Designated Terror Organization
  30. 2008-06-06 June 6, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Savage: Obama an ‘Afro-Leninist’
  31. 2008-06-13 June 13, 2008: Obama Campaign Releases Birth Certificate
  32. 2008-06-24 June 24, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Limbaugh: Hamas Endorses Obama’s Candidacy
  33. 2008-06-26 June 26, 2008: Conservative Commentator Crowley Repeats Falsehood that Obama Is ‘Arab-African’
  34. 2008-07-09 July 9, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Publishes Doctored Photos of Obama with Bin Laden
  35. 2008-07-10 July 10, 2008: Conservative Radio Host: Obama’s Presidency Will Herald ‘Invasion of Muslim Terrorists’
  36. 2008-07-21 July 21, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Limbaugh: Obama ‘Loathes America,’ ‘Blames America… for All that’s Wrong in the World’
  37. 2008-07-24 March 14 - July 24, 2008: Lawsuit Challenging McCain’s Citizenship Thrown Out
  38. 2008-08-01 August 1, 2008 and After: Right-Wing Author Smears Obama in Book Riddled with Falsehoods
  39. 2008-08-04 August 4, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Hannity: No One Can Claim He or Other Conservatives Have ‘Made an Issue of Obama’s Race;’ Facts Prove Otherwise
  40. 2008-08-16 August 16, 2008: Conservative Author: Obama Will ‘Create a Department of Hate Crimes’ and Jail Critics
  41. 2008-08-19 August 19, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Limbaugh on Obama Nomination: ‘Nobody Had the Guts to Stand and Say No to a Black Guy’
  42. 2008-08-21 August 21, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Wants to Ask Obama ‘How Many [Muslim] Prayer Rugs He Has’
  43. 2008-08-21 August 21-24, 2008: Court Dismisses Challenge to Obama’s Citizenship
  44. 2008-08-25 August 25, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Savage: Obama, Democrats ‘against the White Person’; White Women Particularly Easy to ‘Dupe’
  45. 2008-09-03 August 19-September 3, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Limbaugh Repeats False Claims that Obama Favors ‘Infanticide’
  46. 2008-09-05 September 5, 2008: Libertarian Vice Presidential Candidate Says ‘No One’ Remembers Obama at Columbia University, Calls Obama ‘Marxist,’ ‘Communist’
  47. 2008-09-07 September 7, 2008: Conservative Author: Obama Will Ban Books Critical of Him
  48. 2008-09-10 September 10, 2008: Self-Described ‘Reformed Terrorist’ States Obama is ‘Definitely a Muslim,’ Says Islamist Terrorist Groups Support Obama Candidacy
  49. 2008-09-22 September 22, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Limbaugh: Obama an Arab, Not African-American
  50. 2008-09-23 September 23, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Limbaugh Says Iranian President ‘Echoing Obama Talking Points’